diff --git a/lib/pretty_text.rb b/lib/pretty_text.rb
index 5d142f9e31a..0f679713ec9 100644
--- a/lib/pretty_text.rb
+++ b/lib/pretty_text.rb
@@ -215,16 +215,7 @@ module PrettyText
         buffer << "__optInput.forceQuoteLink = #{opts[:force_quote_link]};\n"
       end
 
-      if opts[:user_id]
-        buffer << "__optInput.userId = #{opts[:user_id].to_i};\n"
-
-        # NOTE: If using this for server-side cooking you will end up
-        # with a Hash once it is passed to a PrettyText::Helper. If
-        # you use that hash to instanciate a User model, you will want to do
-        # user.reload before accessing data on this parsed User, otherwise
-        # AR relations will not be loaded.
-        buffer << "__optInput.currentUser = #{User.find(opts[:user_id]).to_json}\n"
-      end
+      buffer << "__optInput.userId = #{opts[:user_id].to_i};\n" if opts[:user_id]
 
       opts[:hashtag_context] = opts[:hashtag_context] || "topic-composer"
       hashtag_types_as_js =